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English Dictionary: Fauna by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fauna
n
  1. all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch"
    Synonym(s): fauna, zoology
    Antonym(s): botany, flora, vegetation
  2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    Synonym(s): animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fauna \Fau"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See {Faun}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of
      America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
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